Check List 11(6): e19392, doi: 10.15560/11.6.1790
First record of Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Procyonidae) for the Zulia state, western Venezuela
expand article infoDavid A. Prieto-Torres‡, Olga L. Herrera-Trujillo§, Arnaldo Ferrer-Pérez§
‡ Centro de Modelado Científico de la Universidad del Zulia (CMC-LUZ), Venezuela§ Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS), Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Venezuela

Corresponding author: David Prieto-Torres ( dprieto@cmc.org.ve )

© 2017 David Prieto-Torres, Olga Herrera-Trujillo, Arnaldo Ferrer-Pérez.
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Citation: Prieto-Torres D, Herrera-Trujillo O, Ferrer-Pérez A (2015) First record of Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Procyonidae) for the Zulia state, western Venezuela. Check List 11(6): 1790. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1790
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Abstract
We report a new record for the South American coati, Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766), based on a specimen from Sierra de Perijá, Zulia state, western Venezuela. This specimen represents the first record of the species for the state, increasing to 192 the number of mammals reported for Zulia. It also extends the species distribution in about 245 km northwest from the nearest known locality in Venezuela, and about 80 km from the nearest locality in Colombia.
Keywords
mammals; Brown-nosed Coati; Perijá Saw; Zulia state; Venezuela